Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer

A trenchant and elegantly written biography of the man regarded as the first modern scientist, which is something of a departure from our traditional view of him. Looking at the inherent contradictions in his life and work, White asks, for example, how Newton reconciled his religious beliefs with his scientific discoveries, and how his apparent empiricist views married with his interest in alchemy and magic. "White shows, as few biographers have done, what science is really about" "New Statesman"